Breakbar

Breakbar is a great place for lunch in Wood Green. Sandwiches are freshly made in front of you, the food is really tasty and you can see what the sandwich fillings look like before you decide.
There is a sit down café area plus a take away counter. The service is fast there always seems to be plenty of staff available at lunch time so there is not too much waiting around.
They make Spanish omelette baguettes which is something I tried in Spain and they are great they freshly make the omelette so it takes more time than a bog standard sandwich, but the wait is worth it. The staff are friendly and give great service.

This sandwich shop and café, underneath Wood Green’s sprawling Shopping City (apparently shortlisted as one of the UK’s ugliest buildings) should win some kind of award for use of mirrors. A massive one on the back wall of the café makes the tiny space look vast, and removes any risk of claustrophobia.
I use this café occasionally when running the gauntlet of the Wood Green Shopping Trip. Their sandwiches are freshly made, generously filled, and pretty tasty. They also do pressed panini and toasted club-​style sandwiches, and you can choose to upgrade to a baguette or ciabatta for a few pence more.
Drinkwise, they sell all the usual cans, plus do a decent Cappuccino which, to my chops, has the edge over Costa’s (next door — and strangely smelling of weed every time I walk past.) There’s an ice-​cream booth at the front of Breakbar that does a brisk trade, but I’ve not sampled it yet.
Ideal for a takeaway sarnie, baguette or ciabatta, or a good place to dive in for a quick lunch-​cum-​escape from the scrum outside.